If you have diabetes, and your medication is not doing what you hoped, then adding flaxseeds may make all the difference.
This study included 168 people with type 2 diabetes who were taking the drug metformin but whose diabetes was still uncontrolled. Half of them stuck with the metformin and half of them kept taking the drug but added 8g of flaxseed twice a day.
After 12 weeks, there was significant improvement in glucose, total cholesterol and triglycerides in the flax group but not in the metformin group. Most importantly, though, people in the flax group had significantly lower levels of HbA1c. That is important because HbA1c is the most important marker of long- term diabetes and blood sugar control.
This study offers hope to people with type 2 diabetes that, if your meds are not controlling your diabetes, then simply adding flaxseed might.
Nutrients. February 2025;17(4):1-12.